Author's note

Noria by David Berlow at Font Bureau is a free geometric sans serif with stark, angular construction. Steep diagonals create a severe, cut-paper silhouette.

Posters are its clearest setting, especially for architecture, experimental music, or stark cultural events. It also suits record sleeves and fashion branding that benefit from hard geometry. The blocky forms can become part of a logo emblem or directional sign, rather than sitting apart as neutral text.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Copyright (c) 1997 The Font Bureau, Inc. All rights reserved. Designed by David Berlow.
Font family
Noria
Font subfamily
regular
Unique subfamily identification
noria
Full font name
Noria
Name table version
Version 1.00
Postscript font name
Noria
Trademark notice
Copyright (c) 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989 The Font Bureau, Inc. All rights reserved. BerlinSans is a trademark of The Font Bureau, Inc.
Manufacturer name
The Font Bureau, Inc.
Designer
David Berlow
Description
Berlin Sans is based on a brilliant alphabet from the late twenties, the first sans that Lucian Bernhard ever designed, imaginative and little-known. Assisted by Matthew Butterick, David Berlow expanded the single font into a series of four weights, all four complete with Expert character sets, plus one dingbat font.

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 2.0 and onwards semantics, Unicode BMP only.
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created1997-11-05
Revision1
Glyph count156
Units per Em2048
Embedding rightsEmbedding for editing allowed
Family classFreeform serifs
WeightBold
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureBold
PitchNot monospaced